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Domestic Violence Quiz

 

True or False?

  1. Over half of defendants who kill their spouse have a prior criminal history.
    True

  2. White and black women have equivalent rates of violence committed by intimates and other relatives.
    True

  3. Hispanic and non Hispanic females have about the same rates of violence attributable to intimates.
    True

  4. Women age 20 to 34 have the highest rates of violent victimization attributable to intimates.
    True

  5. Women who graduate from college have the lowest rates of violence attributable to intimates compared to women with less than a high school education, to high school graduates, or to women with some college.
    True

  6. Women with family incomes under $9,999 have the highest rates of violence attributable to an intimate and those with family incomes over $30,000 have the lowest rates.
    True

  7. Women living in central cities, suburban areas, and rural locations experience similar rates of violence committed by intimates.
    True

  8. Over 1400 females were killed by intimates in 1992, according to the FBI.
    True

  9. About 1 in 5 females victimized by their spouses or ex-spouses reported to the National Crime Victim Survey that they have been a victim of a series of three or more assaults in the last six months that were so similar that they could not distinguish one from the other.
    True

  10. Female victims of violence are less likely to report to the police than male victims.
    False

 

 


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